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Journal One:

Aged Care

For this inaugural issue of the Evidence Based Design (EBD) Journal we focus on a building type that has been rapidly evolving over the past thirty years: the residential aged care facility, or nursing home. With a growing global trend towards the concept of aging-in-place, residential care facilities are now evolving programatically to meet multiple, complex needs:

In the production of this issue, EBD has placed particular emphasis on designing for dementia.

We have reviewed over 1,190 research publications and selected 215 articles that are most relevant to the topic.

All articles have been written with non-academics in mind, by acknowledged experts in the fields of Architecture and Gerontology. Each article has been reviewed by an esteemed panel of academics, with significant experience in research and design practice.

A resource for the Care Provider

The evidence-based design strategies help you work with your architects to develop a brief for your new care facility.

The design strategies can be used to assess existing facilities if you are considering a refurbishment project.

A resource for researchers:

All of the evidence used in this publication has been peer reviewed and summarised.

Where available, the research literature is presented with links to the original publication sites.1

DOI links have been used where they are available.

A resource for residents and their families:

This publication will help you to assess the suitability of a care facility you may be considering for you, or a member of a your family.

If you wish to learn more about the condition of dementia, the design strategies focus on the remaining capabilities, not just the limitations of people who live with the disease, in the context of their environment.

We hope you find this publication both useful and stimulating and look forward to hearing from you about ways to improve each issue.

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Contributors

Joost van Hoof

Dr. Ir

Joost van Hoof is head of the Centre for Healthcare and Technology of Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. He holds an engineering degree in Building Physics and Services (2004) and a doctorate (2010) in the field of ageing-in-place for older adults with dementia.

Gesine Marquardt

Dr. Ing, Architektur

Dr. Gesine Marquardt obtained a Master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. In 2007 she was awarded her PhD and several research awards for her thesis on “Dementia-friendly Architecture”.

George Demiris

PhD, FACMI

George Demiris is the Alumni Endowed Professor in Nursing and Professor of Biomedical and Health Informatics in the School of Medicine at the University of Washington, where he serves as the Director of the Clinical Informatics and Patient Centered Technologies Program.